The Insides of These Everyday Objects Are Totally Unexpected

A Tortoise Skeleton

This tortoiseshell exposes something that almost none of us knew: the turtle was attached to his hardened home the whole time! This is something that certainly isn't brought up in your elementary school biology course, but maybe it should be. It is way cooler than learning that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, right? 

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The More You Know

  • There are more twins now than ever before.
  • The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
  • All the Professors in Pokemon have been named after trees.
  • Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
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